Week 1 Nmnc 1110 Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Case Management {Ans: a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual's and family's comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes.}Nurse Administrator {Ans: manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a health care agency}Types of Theories {Ans: MOST ABSTRACT (LESS RELATED TO PRACTICE) Grand: broad in scope, provides structural framework but needs clarification (e.g., What is nursing?) Middle-range: limited in scope and less abstract, address a specific phenomenon and reflect practice (e.g., Theory of comfort encourages nurses to meet patients' needs) Practice: narrow in scope and focus, also known as situation-specific, bring theory to the bedside (e.g., Pain management protocol for patient recovering from cardiac surgery) Descriptive: Describe phenomena and identify circumstances (e.g., Theories of growth and development process of an individual at various ages) Prescriptive: address nursing interventions, guide practice change, and predict consequences LEAST ABSTRACT (MORE PRACTICAl)}Nursing Theory {Ans: conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict, or prescribe nursing care}Critical Thinking {Ans: your ability to focus your thinking to get the results you need in various situations, has been described